# Hercules chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

**Ugo da Carpi** (Italian, 1480–1532)  
ca. 1520–27  
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in green  
11 15/16 × 9 1/4 in. (30.3 × 23.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20.24.76. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337700).

## About this work

Ugo da Carpi made this in about 1520–27, aged about 35. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Woodcut.** A relief print. The block is cut away around the lines, so the lines stand up to take the ink, and the sheet is pressed onto them.

### [Ugo da Carpi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/ugo-da-carpi)

Italian, 1480–1532; born in Carpi; died in Bologna

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- The artist was about 35
- Real size: about 12 × 9½ in (30 × 24 cm). Closest to life size: the 8 × 10 in print.
- Century: 16th century
- Subjects: Mythology, Men, Female Nudes, Hercules
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1028.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1028/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hercules-chasing-avarice-from-the-temple-of-the-muses-met-337700).